From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 15 5:37:25 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D15637B927 for ; Wed, 15 Mar 2000 05:37:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bright@fw.wintelcom.net) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e2FDxUm28522; Wed, 15 Mar 2000 05:59:30 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 05:59:30 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Justin Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Linux Compatibility Message-ID: <20000315055930.E14789@fw.wintelcom.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from asmo@bck.org on Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 07:56:33AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Justin [000315 05:25] wrote: > > Hello all, > > I realize that FreeBSD runs *most* Linux binrarys, but what does *most* > entail. Are these binrarys programmed in a certain way? Do they run > certain librarys? I'm just curious because I'm considering either > installing Slackware or FreeBSD on a dedicated server. This server will be > doing mail, possibly some web, but most importantly it will be running > some dedicated game servers. For instance: Quake3, Halflife(Counterstrike- > Mods), Neverwinter Nights, Just about anything that is released as Linux > compatible I would like to run at some point! My Question I guess is what > entails a linux program being able to run on FreeBSD. Granted these are > the Dedicated server sides of the program, these arnt graphical or client > interfaces. So I do not anticipate a problem..Just asking more experiance > people then myself. It really depends on how many 'spiffy new linux syscall/ioctl of the week' are used by the program. The Linux image activator is actively maintained and if you come across anything not working and provide a detailed problem report you'll probably see fixes posted within days/hours. Example: We had Linux RealPlayer working in about 2 days. :) -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message